JCL Help:PathGetShortName

 JCL Help: PathGetShortName Function

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Summary

Returns the short name of a path.

Pascal

 function PathGetShortName(const Path: string): string;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
const Path: string	The path for which you want the short name. The path must physically exist on the specified drive and the drive must support short name aliases or the function will fail.

Return Value

If the function succeeds it returns the short name of the given path. If it fails it returns a copy of the supplied path.

Description

PathGetShortName returns the short name of the given path.

See Also

PathGetLongName

About

Unit

JclFileUtils

Donator

Rudy Velthuis

Platforms

Windows

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